Email

My Melbourne friend Nigel sent me a great question about email. Because it’s an issue for many, I decided to share it in this week’s blog. Nigel: Here’s a dilemma that I face frequently with email and workflow. I stare at my email feed. It stares back at me, blankly. “So what are you going […]

New French legislation is forcing companies with greater than 50 employees to negotiate with their staff about after-hours email usage. Is email usage just the responsibility of your employer, or are you part of the problem? The French are using legislation to try and reverse the trend. But is law the only way to do this? Personally, […]

Email overload is always in the top five most common problems my workshop participants complain about. There are two core issues: 1. Information overload and what it’s doing to our productivity. 2. How long it takes to get refocused when we’re interrupted. First, information overload You’ll be interested in who’s researching and offering advice – […]

This is one of my most powerful time-saving tips, yet it often draws a gasp of shock and sometimes outrage from listeners or readers. (There are variations and exceptions, before you bite my head off!) Several reasons: The potential distraction factor (unless you’re very disciplined, or on tight time-lines which will keep you focused anyway.) […]

These days, technological advancements seem to be taking over the world. It affects our lives at home, the way we run businesses, our ability to cope in a non-wired environment, and even our sleep. To name a few, emails, social media, smartphones and apps have optimised the way we communicate with people. Unfortunately, these mediums […]

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Time management and productivity consultant Robyn Pearce follows up on her controversial ideas on email overload: I knew my last article ‘Don’t make email the first thing of the day‘ would be a tad controversial. I didn’t expect quite so many responses! Of course there are exceptions some of which I outlined in the last […]

At all my face-to-face events I hand out a little card to participants. It has my contact information on one side but the true value is the list of ‘Eight Top Time Tips’ on the reverse side. No. 8 on the list is ‘Don’t make email the first thing in the day’. This almost always gets questions […]

A few years ago, on a frosty Taumarunui morning, myself and Dr Richard Templer, GM Research & Development, Meat & Wool New Zealand were presenters at a Sheep Council/National Bank seminar I’d asked the large group for their best time-saving tips and shortcuts. ‘Get broadband internet’, said Richard. ‘We can’t get it where we are,’ replied […]

When I grew up ballroom dancing was considered a social grace worth teaching. Some of my mates’ mums were pretty classy on the dance floor, so the local youth club asked them to run some dancing lessons. Along with that elegant skill they also decided we needed a few rough edges knocked off, so a […]

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